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title: "3 Beaten Quotes By Alexander Graham Bell"
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> [Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/don-t-keep-forever-on-the-public-road-going-only-where-others-have-3/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

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> [Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/don-t-keep-forever-on-the-public-road-going-only-where-others-have-5/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

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> [Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/leave-the-beaten-track-behind-occasionally-and-dive-into-the-woods-2/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

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## Other authors on Beaten

## More by Alexander Graham Bell

> [First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/first-words-on-the-first-telephone-mr-watson-come-here-i-want-to-see/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/concentrate-all-your-thoughts-upon-the-work-in-hand-the-sun-s-rays-do/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [We are all too much inclined, I think, to walk through life with our eyes shut. There are things all round us and right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/we-are-all-too-much-inclined-i-think-to-walk-through-life-with-our/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [ “Mr. Watson — Come here — I want to see you. \[ First intelligible words spoken over the telephone \]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/mr-watson-come-here-i-want-to-see-you-first-intelligible-words-spoken/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [I have heard articulate speech produced by sunlight I have heard a ray of the sun laugh and cough and sing! … I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/i-have-heard-articulate-speech-produced-by-sunlight-i-have-heard-a/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [“Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/concentrate-all-your-thoughts-on-the-task-at-hand-the-sun-s-rays-do/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [Such a chimerical idea as telegraphing vocal sounds would indeed, to most minds, seem scarcely feasible enough to spend time in working over. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/such-a-chimerical-idea-as-telegraphing-vocal-sounds-would-indeed-to/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/sometimes-we-stare-so-long-at-a-door-that-is-closing-that-we-see-too/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [One day every major city in America will have a telephone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/one-day-every-major-city-in-america-will-have-a-telephone/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [I do not recognize the right of the public to break in the front door of a man's private life in order to satisfy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/i-do-not-recognize-the-right-of-the-public-to-break-in-the-front-door/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [Dumbness comes from the fact that a child is born deaf and that it consequently never learns how to articulate, for it is by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/dumbness-comes-from-the-fact-that-a-child-is-born-deaf-and-that-it/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [When one door closes, another one opens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/when-one-door-closes-another-one-opens/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/there-cannot-be-mental-atrophy-in-any-person-who-continues-to-observe/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [Observe, Remember, Compare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/observe-remember-compare/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

> [What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-graham-bell/what-this-power-is-i-cannot-say-all-i-know-is-that-it-exists-and-it/)

[Alexander Graham Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-graham-bell/)

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